Improvement in device for suspending slaughtered animals



LELAND & RUSCO.

' Slaughtering Elevator. No. 85,109. A Patented-Dec. 22. 1868.

@itin www WINDSOR LELAND AND VOLNEY E. BUSCO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 85,109, dated. December 22, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICE FOR SUSPENDING- SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame,

To all whom fit may concer-n:

Be it known that we, WINDSOR LnLAND and VOL- NEY E. Rusco, of Chicago,in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new anduseful Device for Suspending Slaughtered Animals; Tand wedo herebydeclare and make known that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription. of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, 'and the letters and figures marked thereon, which form partof this specication.

Our saidinvention consists in a novel device lor use inslaughter-houses, to suspend slaughtered and dressed hogs and otheranimals, when they have become frozen, and require to be hung up andsteamed; but said device may, if thought desirable, be used to suspendlive hogs, to be slaughtered by sticking them in such posi-V tions, inorder that the iesh may be thoroughly drained of tue blood.

To enable those skilled in the art to understand how A represents a flatbar of iron or other suitable m etal,

its upper end beingl curved over atwise, as indicated in the drawings,forming a hook, marked A', which is hooked over a gambrel, D, when inuse, as represented in 43.

A? the lower end of saidbar A, a hole, b, is formed, into which one ortwo chains, B, are fastened, said chains being provided at their lowerends With suitable rings, C, as shown.

animal, so that, upon drawing up the saiddevice by means of thehoisting-tackle, the loops of the chains are drawn tight around theanimal-s leg, so as to hold it firmly and suspend the animal as desired.

In suspending slaughtered or dressed hogs, when frozen, the chain orchains may be applied to either the fore or hind legs; but, in using thedevice for suspending the animal while being slaughtered, the deviceshould be applied upon one or both of the'hind legs.

' When the device'hasbeen secured to the legs of the animal, asdescribed, the hoisting-tackle is hooked into the hole a, and the deviceand animal are raised on hoisted up, and the hook A suspended upon itsdesired and appropriate support, as indicated in the drawings,

when dressed animals are being treated, or upon an inclined bar or rod,when live animals are being suspended.

Having described the nature, construction, and operation of ourinyention, we will now 4specify what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent.

We claim the suspending-bar A, when constructed and Operatedsubstantially as vand for the purposes' herein specified.

WINDSOR LELAND. VOLNEY E. BUSCO.

Witnesses W. E. MARES, J. L. GOBURN.

